John Jay College - The Center for Modern Forensic Practice (Upcoming Events)

PAST EVENTS

The 34th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists
Place: White Plains, NY
Date: Oct 1 - Oct 4th, 2008

Highlights include a tool mark analysis workshop conducted by Vincent Desiderio, Nicholas L. Petraco, Nicholas D. K. Petraco and Peter Diaczuk And a panel discussion on forensic science including Peter R. De Forest.

For more details and the full program schedule see www.neafs.org

2008 Inter/Micro Conference
Highlights include:

Wednesday 7/9:
“The Approach of the Investigative Microscopist to Physical Evidence Casework”
Speaker: Dr. Peter R. De Forest, John Jay College “Analysis of Crystals Resulting from Different Catalysts used in the Manufacture of Triacetone Triperoxide”
Speaker: Peter Diaczuk, John Jay College
Thursday 7/10:
Microscopical Thinking and Trace Evidence Workshop
Instructors: Dr. Peter R. De Forest, Wayne Moorehead and Peter Diaczuk

The 63rd Annual Short Course for Prosecuting Attorneys, and the 51st Annual Short Course for Defense Attorneys.
The Center will continue its association with Northwestern University School of Law’s renowned Short Courses by organizing the forensics content with presentations by Center affiliates Peter R. De Forest, Peter Diaczuk, James Doyle, Angela Crossman and John Lentini.

International Association of Forensic Sciences
July 21 - 25, New Orleans, LA

6^th Annual Microscope Day at John Jay
April 16, 2008, New York, NY

Spring 2008 - Graduate Lecture Series

A New Legal Architecture: Litigating Eyewitness Identification Cases in the 21st Century, New York, New York, March 14-15, 2008.

60^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 18-23, 2008, Washington D.C.

Eastern Analytical Symposium
The 46th Annual Eastern Analytical Symposium was held November 12th to 15th, 2007 in Somerset, NJ. It was attended by more than 3500 scientists and students. There were a number of half-day sessions dedicated to forensic science topics. Associate Professor Thomas A. Kubic of John Jay arranged and moderated a session dealing specifically with forensic microscopy. The John Jay Science Department was well represented with presentations by Professor Peter De Forest and lecturers Nicholas Petraco and Peter Diaczuk. Each talk was attended to overflow capacity.

Trace Evidence Symposium

59^th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 19-24, 2007, San Antonio Texas (for advanced program details, click on the link above) Presentations to be given by Dr. De Forest include:

Essential Context and Concerns about the “Context Effect”Cross-Examination: Is it an Adequate Remedy for Incompetent or Dishonest Expert Testimony? – Personal Reflections
Another presentation of interest, A Novel Approach to the Examination of Soil Evidence: Mineral Identification Using Infrared Microprobe Analysis by Brooke Weinger, John A. Reffner, Peter De Forest.

Off the Witness Stand - Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice - A conference to celebrate the centennial of Hugo Munsterberg's classic On the Witness Stand

Director James Doyle is addressing The Advanced Science and Technology Ajudicative Rescource Project (ASTAR", science-minded judges) in Ohio, September 20-21, 2006
Director James Doyle and Professor Jennifer Dysart, Psychology, are leading the science portion of an Emory Law School Program on eyewitness memory on November 16, 2006.

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